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OOLLAR OR OUH' HOLDER.

` APPLIOATION PILEVD Nov. 3. 1903.

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UNITED STATES 'Patented Fenruary 16, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD LINCOLN PITTs, OE JEROME, ARIZONA TERRITORY, `AssIeNoR OEONE-HALE To WILLIAM MCR. PARKS, OE JEROME, ARIZONA TER- RITORY.

OOLLAR on OUFF HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 752,587, dated.February 16, 1904. Application filed November 3, 1903. Serial No.179,714. (No model To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD LINCOLN PITTs, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of Jerome, in the county of Yavapai and Territoryof Arizona, have Inade certain new and useful Improvements inCollar orCuff Holders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is an improvement in devices for holding cuffs and forholding collars in place when in use; and the invention consists incertain novel constructions and combinations of parts, as will behereinafter described and claimed. l

In the drawings, Figure l is a front elevation of the device in use as acollar button or holder. Fig. 2 is a detail section on about line 2 2 ofFig. 1. view of the invention in connection with a cuff, the holderbeing open. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of the holder, and Fig.5 is a detail enlarged section of a portion of the holder, taken onabout the same line as Fig. 2.

The holder, as shown, comprises two seotions A and B, which `are hingedtogether at C and curved slightly toward the hinged joint C at A' andB', so the sections A and B will be spread apart when the holder isclosed, as shown in Fig. l, sufficiently to extend on Opposite sides ofthe cuff or collar, as best shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings. Thesesections A and B are hinged together at one end and are provided attheir outer ends with interlock- .ing devices, and one of the sectionshas at its outer end the divided button D to engage in the neckband ofthe shirt, as shown in Fig. 2, or to engage with the Wristband of thesleeve in the use of the device as a cuff-holder, as shown in Fig. 3 ofthe drawings.

By preference the button D, having the fixed section D' and the swingingsection D2, has its shank d' secured to the section Anear the outer endthereof. In inserting and removing the button the wing D2 may be turnedto coincide with the wing D' and is provided at its outer edge with aprojecting lug 0X2, which overlaps the outer edge of the wing D', aswill be understood from Figs. 2 and 4c of the drawings. The lug 022,overlapping the outer Fig. 3 is a perspective its outer end at e toreceive the spring-catch l F on the section B and provided at such outerend with the lip or projection e' to engage with the shoulder f of thespring-catch F- when the said catch is forced into the socketed head E,as shown in Figs. 2 and 5 of the drawings.

The catch F is composed of a strip of spring material secured at f toythe inner side of the section B of the holder, curved thence into theform of a bow f2, adapted Vto be forced into the socketed head E, andhaving its free wing f 3 shouldered at f to engage the lip e'. Said freewing f3 is guided in a slot b in the outer end of the section B and isprovided with a Vbutton or head F', lying outside of the section D andgiving a finish to the appearance of the device as well as serving as ahandle by which to release the catch F from the socket E in the use ofthe invention.

In use the device may be buttoned by the button D to the neckband, asshown in Fig. 2, or to the Wristband, as will be understood from Fig. 3,and the socketed head E be forced through the buttonhole of the collaror cuff, as the case may be, and the section B be then adjusted over thecollar or cuff and the spring-catch F be forced into the socketed head Eto secure the collar or, cuff, as desired. The device is simple, can beinexpensively made or can be ornamented to any desired extent, and'canbe readily applied for use.

Having thus described-my invention,what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A holding device for collars or cuffs substantially as hereindescribed comprising two sections hinged together at one end andslightly curved toward their `said hinged joint, a socketed head on oneside of one of said sections at its outer end, a sectional button on theopposite side of such section from the socketed head, -the other sectionbeing provided in its outer end with a slot, the spring-catch secured atone end to said slotted section and having a bowed portion to interlockin the socketed head and provided at its free end with a button, thefree wing of the bow being arranged to operate in the slot of thesection, substantially as set forth.

2. A holder for collars or cuffs composed of two sections hingedtogether at one end, a socketed head at the outer end of one of saidsections and projecting between the two sections, a spring-catch at theouter end of the other section to interlock with said socketed head, anda button on one of the sections to connect with the garment,substantially as set forth.

3. A collar or cuff holder composed of two sections jointed together atone end, one of the sections having at its outer end a socketed head,such head being open at its end and pro'- vided with a lip or projectionand the other section having a spring-catch fitted to enter the socketedhead and shouldered to engage with the lip or projection thereof, thesocketf ed head lying between the two sections and being adapted to fitin a buttonhole in a garment placed between the sections, substantiallyas set forth.

4. A holder comprising the two sections connected together, one of saidsections being provided in its outer end with a slot, the spring-catchsecured at one end to said section, bowed between its ends and operatingadjacent to its other end in the slot of the section, and the socketedhead on the other section in posit-ion to receive the spring-catch,substantially as set forth.

5. The combination in a holder for collars or cuffs of the two sectionshinged together, one of the sections having the slot in its outer end,the bowed spring-catch secured at one end to the slotted section andhaving a wing operating in the slot thereof and a shoulder to engagewith a socketed head, and a socketed head on the other section inposition to receive the spring-catch and having a lip or projection forengagement with the shoulder of the springcatch, substantially as setforth.

6. A holder for collars or cuffs comprising the sections connectedtogether at one end, the socketed head at the outer end of one of saidsections, and the spring-catch at the outer end of the other section andcomposed of a strip of spring material secured at one end to itssupporting-section and provided at its free end with a button,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

EDWARD LINooLN PITTs

